Tobias Haunhorst

Tobias Haunhorst was born in Solingen, Germany in 1993. To date he has performed in numerous prestigious venues including Philharmonie Essen, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Stadthalle Wuppertal, Zeche Zollverein Essen (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage), Palácio Nacional de Queluz (Lisbon), Beurs van Berlage (Amsterdam), De Doelen (Rotterdam) and at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival. He has played in Germany, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and performs regularly as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bergische Symphoniker, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Bayer Philharmoniker and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra. Recently he collaborated with the Arch Sinfonia Orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in London’s LSO St Luke’s. Future engagements include a concerto performance with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra under Christoph Poppen.

Winner of numerous awards and prizes including first prizes in the German national competition “Jugend musiziert” for best solo performance, the Rotary Piano Competition, the Westphalian Van Bremen Piano Competition, the Lions Musical Competition in Remscheid (Germany) and the Ferdinand Trimborn-Promotional Competition of the Ratingen Corporation, Tobias also received the North Rhine-Westphalian Savings Banks’ and Senioren-Union NRW's Advancement Awards as well as the Illies-Scholarship (Stiftung Musikleben) and a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Society, Dortmund.

He is currently studying piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Ian Fountain - with the generous support of the Zetland Foundation, Kluth-Stiftung Jugend und Kultur, Ulrike und Klaus Krebs Stiftung and Wüsthof Stiftung Solingen. Also he is very grateful to the Kathleen Trust, Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and arteMusica-Stiftung for their support.

Tobias' particular interest for contemporary music has also been reflected by awards and prizes: “Best Interpretation of Ostracised Music”, and “Classical Modern Music” (WESPE - special awards weekend), first prize - “New Music” at “Jugend musiziert”, the “Stefan Heucke” award at the seventh Van Bremen Piano Competition and the special award “Modern” at the Rotary Piano Competition. He enjoys collaborating with composers who hold him in high esteem for his performance of their works. He was awarded a masterclass scholarship by Ensemble Modern and - as a member of Studio musikFabrik NRW (Young People’s Ensemble of New Music) - played in the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt.

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